стикатися

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From стика́ти (stykáty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Belarusian сутыка́цца (sutykácca), Polish stykać się.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [steˈkatesʲɐ]
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Verb edit

стика́тися (stykátysjaimpf (perfective зіткну́тися) [+ з (instrumental) = with]

  1. to collide (to impact directly)
    Synonym: зішто́вхуватися impf (zištóvxuvatysja)
  2. to come into contact, to touch (to come together physically)
  3. to bump into, to come across, to run into (meet or find unexpectedly)
    Synonyms: зішто́вхуватися impf (zištóvxuvatysja), натрапля́ти impf (natrapljáty), натика́тися impf (natykátysja), нашто́вхуватися impf (naštóvxuvatysja)
  4. (figuratively) to come into contact (to have an encounter with)
  5. (figuratively) to come up against, to confront, to be confronted (with), to encounter, to face, to be faced (with) (challenge, difficulty, opposition, reality, etc.)
    Synonyms: зішто́вхуватися impf (zištóvxuvatysja), натрапля́ти impf (natrapljáty), натика́тися impf (natykátysja), нашто́вхуватися impf (naštóvxuvatysja)
  6. to clash, to encounter (to come into violent conflict)
  7. (figuratively) to clash, to collide, to come into conflict (to be incompatible or in contradiction)
  8. (dialectal) to knock about, to knock around (to move or roam around aimlessly)

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